Vehicle window visor and ventilator

• US 5,797,645 A
• Filed: 10/23/1996
• Issued: 08/25/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Plastic Form, Inc. (TriMas Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Plastic Form, Inc. (TriMas Corporation)
• Inventors: Howard, Bradley S., Schenk, Mitchell V., Ray, John C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pedder, Dennis H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MORROW, JASON S
• Application Number:
  US08/735,854
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: 296/152, 296/154, 454/95, 454/128, 454/131, 454/132, 454/133
• US Class Current: 296/152
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/2002 Wind deflectors specially adapted for preventing soiling, e.g. for side windows integral with sealing arrangements B60J10/72

Abstract

A visor attachable above a side window of a vehicle with a portion curving and extending outwardly and in accordance with the configuration of the forward and top edges of the window opening to shield and deflect rain, snow and noise from entering the passenger compartment through a partially opened window and a wall forming a recessed area in a portion of the visor to reduce air pressure therein as the vehicle travels forward, the wall also forming an inner pocket on the inside of the visor and the wall provided with a plurality of spaced apart small round holes extending through the wall to cause a venturi effect which ventilates stale air from the passenger compartment through the round holes. A rib extends generally horizontally from the wall and divides the depression into two parallel low pressure channels and an outwardly projecting lip is formed along the outward edge of the visor.

Claims

1. A visor for a side window of a vehicle having a side door and a passenger compartment, the side window movable within a window opening of the side door to a lower partially open position providing a gap between the top of the window and the top of the window opening, the visor comprising:

means for attaching the visor to the side door of the vehicle with the visor disposed in part above and extending generally horizontally along the top of the window opening;

a portion of the visor curving outwardly from the side door and extending downwardly below the level of the top of the window when the window is lowered to said lower partially open position to shield moisture and noise from entering the passenger compartment of the vehicle through said gap;

a wall forming an inward depression in the visor to lower the air pressure in said depression as the vehicle travels forward;

said wall also forming an inner pocket on the inside of the visor; and

a plurality of small round holes extending through said wall to cause a venturi effect which withdraws stale air from the passenger compartment through said inner pocket and in turn through said plurality of small round holes.

2. A visor for a side window of a vehicle having a side door and a passenger compartment, the side window movable within a window opening of the side door to a lower partially open position providing a gap between the top of the window and the top of the window opening, the visor comprising:

means for attaching the visor to the side door of the vehicle with the visor disposed in part above and extending generally horizontally along the top of the window opening;

a portion of the visor curving outwardly from the side door and extending downwardly below the level of the top of the window when the window is lowered to said lower partially open position to shield moisture and noise from entering the passenger compartment of the vehicle through said gap;

a wall forming an inward depression in the visor to lower the air pressure in said depression as the vehicle travels forward;

said wall also forming an inner pocket on the inside of the visor;

a rib formed in said visor extending from said wall generally horizontally along a portion of said depression; and

a plurality of small round holes extending through said wall to cause a venturi effect which withdraws stale air from the passenger compartment through said inner pocket and in turn through said plurality of small round holes.

3. A visor for a side window of a vehicle having a side door and a passenger compartment, the side window movable within a window opening of the side door to a lower partially open position providing a gap between the top of the window and the top of the window opening, the visor comprising:

means for attaching the visor to the side door of the vehicle with the visor disposed in part above and extending generally horizontally along the top of the window opening;

a portion of the visor curving outwardly from the side door and extending downwardly below the level of the top of the window when the window is lowered to said lower partially open position to shield moisture and noise from entering the passenger compartment of the vehicle through said gap;

a wall forming an inward depression in the visor to lower the air pressure in said depression as the vehicle travels forward;

said wall also forming an inner pocket on the inside of the visor;

a rib formed in said visor extending from said wall generally horizontally along a portion of said depression;

an outwardly projecting lip formed at the outward edge of the visor; and

a plurality of small round holes extending through said wall to cause a venturi effect which withdraws stale air from the passenger compartment through said inner pocket and in turn through said plurality of small round holes.